Lim1 activity is required for intermediate mesoderm differentiation in the mouse embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-90

  Tsang, Tania E ^e   Shawlot, William ^a   Kinder, Simon J ^e   Kobayashi, Akio ^a,b   Kwan, Kin Ming ^a   Schughart, Klaus ^c   Kania, Artur ^d   Jessell, Thomas M ^d   Behringer, Richard R ^a   Tam, Patrick P L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Intermediate mesoderm; Lateral mesoderm; Lim1; Tissue potency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MUTANT; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0034234760     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9733     Document Type: Article

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